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No. 677,80l. Patented July 2, I901. J. ROGGING EB.

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PRINTING-T SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed November 6, 1899.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Roccmcnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printin g-Telegraphs, of which the following is a specification, ref.- erence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My-invention relates particularly to district-telegraphs, fire-alarms, police-calls, or electric-signal systems in which a numbe'rfof call-boxes or break-wheels are employed to locate a call, alarm, or signal. Its main ob ject is to provide such systems with a receiving instrument which will automatically print in plain figures the numbers of the boxes or stations from which signals are transmitted. v

It consists in certain novel features of construction and in the arrangement and combi-' nations of partsconstituting the receiving instrument, as hereinafter particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings like characters designate the same parts in the several figures.

Figure 1 is a plan View of a receiving instrument embodying my invention, certain parts being broken'away and shown in horizontal section to more clearly show underlying parts of the mechanism. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Figs. 3, 4L, and 5 are vertical cross-sections on the lines 3 3, 4 4, and 5 5, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the type or printing wheel and partsimmediately associated therewith. Fig. 7 is ahorizontal section on the line 7 7, Fig. ,4, showing in' detail one of the circuit makers and breakers controlling the current of, the printing-magnet; and Fig. 8 is a diagram showing suitable circuit connections for the receiving instrumen t, including break-wheels of signal-transmitting instruments, the essential parts of the receiving instrument being shown in perspective.

Referring to Figs. 1, 3, and 5 of the drawings, A designates an electromagnet, which will be hereinafter called the setting-mag- 50 net. 13 is a vertically-disposed lever pivoted PATENT @rrrcn.

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Patent No. 677,801, dated July 2, 1901.

Serialhlo. 735,933. (No model.)

.tially shown in Fig. 6. Upon the shaftF are fixed two ratchet-wheelsfand f, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5, the teeth of each of the said ratchet-wheels corresponding in number and arrangement with the figures or characters of the type-wheel.

B is a pawl pivotally connected near one 0 end with the armature-lever B and provided near the other end with a tooth which is adapted to engage with the ratchet-wheel fand turn the type-wheel E an interval each time the magnet A is energized; 'A light spring I) tends to hold said pawl in position to engage with said ratchet-wheel. The outer end of the pawl is bent downwardly and inwardly, forming a stop b, which when the armaturelever is attracted engages with a tooth of the ratchet-wheel f after it has been turned by the tooth of said pawl, thereby arresting the movement of the type-wheel in exactly the proper position for printing one of its figures or characters. 'lhe inner or opposite end of said pawl is extended and bent upwardly, so that when it is drawn toward the magnet it will by engagement with an incline or stop 12 on the magnet-frame hold the stop I) at the outer end of the pawl in position to properly 0 engage with the ratchet-wheel f. The armature-lever B is'drawn and normally held away from the magnet by a spring 13*, and its movement is limited by two adjusting-screws b 12 between which it plays at or near its upper end. When the lever B is drawn away from the magnet, the innerupturned end of the pawl B engages with the inclined head of a pin b projecting from the magnet-frame, and throws the tooth of the pawl out of range with Ice the teeth of the ratchet-wheel f to allow the type-wheel to be turned back to its'initial position.

G is a lever fulcrumed near its lower end to a suitable fixed support and pivotally connected at its upper end with a horizontally-slid ing rod H, one end of which projects into the path of the armature-lever B. of said rod is provided with a check-piston h,

which works in a cylinder H, as shown in- Figs. 1 and 3. The lever G is provided with a contact g, which is normally held in engagement with a fixed contact 11 by a spring 9', attached to the lower end of said lever. The contact-1; is mounted upon an insulated post I.

J is a shaft arranged parallel with the shaft F and provided with a ratchet-wheel j, a worm j, and a toothed paper-feeding wheel 7' as shown in Figs. 1 and2.

D.is a pawl pivotally connected at one end with the armature-lever D and formed at the other end with a tooth which isadapted to engage with the ratchet-wheel j and intermittingly' turn the shaft J. Said pawl is yieldingly held in engagement with said ratchet-wheel by a spring (Z, as shown in Fig. 4:, and it is formed with a supplemental tooth or stop at, which is adapted to preventthe overthrow of said ratchet-wheel when the armature-lever- D is rapidly vibrated. Both the pawls B and D are constructed and arranged to operate in a manner similar to that of escapeinents used in clock-movements and other well-known mechanism. The ratchetwheelj is held from turning backward by a dogj (Shown in Fig. 4.) The upper end of the armature-lever D plays between two adjusting-screws d d which serve as stops to limit its movement. A spring D attached to the lower end of said lever, draws it away from the magnet O and normally holds it against its outer or back stop.

K is a reel upon which the strip or band of paper is wound. It is supported upon a standard K above the feeding-wheelj k is a roller having a corrugated periphery, of rubber or other elastic material, against which the teeth of the wheel j press the band of paper.

is a paper-guide through which the band of paper passes underneath the type-wheel E.

e is an inking-roller made of felt or other suitable soft absorbent material. It is yieldingly supported by spring-arms c in position to bear against the faces of the type or characters on the type-wheel. The machine may be provided with additional inking-rollers if necessary or desirable to effectively ink the type and produce a clear impression of the characters upon the paper.

L is a segment-gear engaging with a pinion Z on the shaft F. Z is a spring attached at one end to said gear and constantly tending to turn the type-wheel backward to its initial position in a direction opposite to that in which it is turned by the setting-magnet A.

M is a circuit breaker or controller arranged The other endin the circuit of the printing-magnet O and consisting, as shown in Fig.;t, of a horizontal rod movable endwise in a suitable bearing, on opposite sides of which it is provided with disks or heads m m. It is adapted to be moved back and forth for alternately closing and breaking the circuit through the magnet C by a compound lever N, the lower end of which plays between the disks m m, and the upper end of which is engaged by a pin on the pawl D. The two members of the compound lever are connected bya spring n, which operates when said members are carried in either direction slightly past a straight line to quickly and positively complete their movement in that direction. \Vhen carried to the extreme limit of its movement toward the armature-leverD, the circuit-breaker M engages with a fixed contact 0,-carried by an insulated post or support 0.

Pis a rock-shaft supported in suitable bearings parallel with the shafts F and J. It is provided near one end, opposite the armature-lever B, with a downwardly-projecting armp and near the other end, opposite the armature-lever D, with an upwardly-projecting arm p. To the arm 19 is pivoted one end ofa rod 19 the other end of which is guided by a suitable bearing in position to be engaged bythe point of an adj usting-screwp", carried by the lever B, as shown in Fig. 3. To the arm 19' is pivoted one end of a rod 19, the other end of which is guided by a suitable bearing in position to be engaged by the point of an adjusting-screw p carried by the lever D, as shown in Fig. 4. Upon the shaft P is mounted, in line with the typcwheel E, an upwardly-projecting arm 19 and in line with the ratchet-wheel f an upwardly-pro.- jeeting arm 13 Q is a horizontally-disposed impression-lever, one end of which extends below the typewheel E and terminates directly opposite the center of said wheel in a small platen q. At its opposite end it projects through the uppert'orked or looped end of the arm 13 and is formed in its upper side with an elongated depression q, as shown in Fig. .5. It is pivoted or fulcrumed between its ends to a suitable support. The looped or forked end of the arm 19 carries a small roller 19 the journals of which are held and guided in oblique slots in the sides of said arm. The depression q in said lever, the roller p and its oblique slotted hearings in the arm 19 are so proportioned and arranged with relation to each other that when the arm 13 is turned inward toward the type-wheel the roller 19 will drop into the depression q, allowing the platen q to drop and rest just below the paper-guide 7c, and when said arm is turned outward away from the type-wheel said roller by engagement with the shoulder at the outer end of the depression q will suddenly throw the platen g at the opposite end of said lever upward, and thereby force the strip of paper against the opposing type on said wheel; but

as soon as said roller clears said shoulder its journals will freely move into the upper ends of their inclined slotted bearings, thus allowing the platen to drop back into its normal position, as seen in Fig. 5.

R is a horizontally disposed lever fulcrumed between its ends to a suitable support and extending transversely across the machine from the ratchet-wheel f',with which it is adapted to engage, to the arm 10 which is looped or slotted to receive it, as shown in Fig. 5. It is formed or provided at the end next to said ratchet-wheel with a downwardlyprojecting tooth 1, which by engagement with said ratchet-wheel serves to hold the typewheel against backward rotation. It is formed near its opposite end on the upperfside with an elongated'depression r. A spring'r attached' to said lever and bearing against the lower end of the loop or slot'in the arm 19, tends to hold the tooth r in engagement with the ratchet-wheel f. Said ratchet-wheel is formed or provided on one side with an elongated tooth, pin, or projection f which is adapted by engagement with the tooth r when the latter is raised, as shown in Fig. 5, to stop the type-wheel in its return or backward movement'and to hold it in its initial or zero position. The depression r in said lever is so proportioned and arranged with relation to the arm 19 and to the depression q in lever Q that when the arm 11 is turned outward or away from the ratchet-wheel f the tooth T will be raised out of engagement with said ratchetwheel just after an impression is made by the platen q and said platen has returned to its initial position, but not before. The outer end of the lever B is bent upward or formed with a shoulder, which serves as a stop to limit the outward movement of the arm 19 and its connections.

S is a vertically-disposed lever pivoted between its ends on a line parallel with the shaft J to a fulcrum-block s, which is inturn pivoted to a suitable support on a line transverse to said shaft, so that the upper end of said lever is movable both transversely to and lengthwise of said shaft. 8 is a spring con nected with the lower end of said lever and tending to move its upper end at the' same time toward the worm j and toward the wheel Said lever is provided near its upper end with a pin or projection' which is adapted to be engaged with the worm j. Near its lower end said lever is formed with an incline adapted to be engaged by the inner end of a horizontally disposed screw 3 carried by the rock-shat t P.

T is a vertically-disposed lever fulcrumed near its upper end to a suitable support on a line parallel with the reciprocating rod of the circuit-breaker M. It is formed or provided at its lower end, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, with an incline or wedge 15, which is adapted to be forced between the disk m of said cir cuit-breaker and the opposing support or bearin g, and thereby prevent the engagement of said circuit-breaker with the contact 0. To the upper end of said lever is pivoted one end of a rod 23, the opposite end of which is slotted and loosely engagedvby a pin projecting horizontally from the upper end of the lever S. v

The several parts hereinbefore described are preferably mounted upon a metal plate U, which is in turn attached to a base V, of wood or other suitable insulating material. The base V is provided at one end, as shown in Fig. l, with two binding-posts o and c and at the other end with a single binding-post v The magnets A and-O are preferably made adjustable, so that theymay be moved toward and from their armature-levers B and D. As shown in Figs. 3 and 4:, these adjustments may be made by means of the screws a and c, which pass through posts or standards on the base-plate and are provided on each side thereof with nuts.

Referring to Fig. 8, showing suitable circuit connectionsfor the receiving instrument in connection with transmitting instruments, as before stated, the posts I and O, carrying the fixed contacts 't and o, are insulated. The movable contacts of the circuit-breakers G and M are electrically connected with each other through the metal base-plate U, as indicated by the line 2 in Fig.8. 3 designates a normally closed main circuit or line, including abattery or source of current at, a relaymagnet 5, and break-wheels or signal-transmitting instruments 6 and 7. Sis a local circuit including a battery or source of current 9, the spring-retracted armature-lever 10 of the relay, and the back-stop ll of said lever. One wire of this circuit is connected with the vbindingpost o and the other with the binding-post 'u', said binding-posts being connectedwith opposite ends of the winding or coil of magnet A. The binding-post o is also connected with the insulated post I. The binding-post r is connected with one end of the winding or coil of magnet O, the other end of said winding or coil being connected with the insulated post 0. Said binding-post r is also connected by an outside wire or conductor with the pole of the battery 9, opposite that which is connected with the binding-pesto.

The receiving instrument, as hereinbefore described, with circuit connections, (shown in Fig. 8,) operates as follows: Assuming that a signal is sent in by the break-wheel 6, which has two groups of two and three teeth each, I

the lower ends of their inclined slotted bearings in said arm 19" and carrying the upper end of the looped arm 19 into the depression 0", thereby allowing the tooth on the opposite end of the lever B to descend into engagement with the ratchet-wheelf. At the same time the inner end of the screw 3 is moved downward into engagement with the incline on the lower end of the lever S, thereby throwing the pin or projection near the upper end of said lever out of engagement with the wormj and allowing the spring 8 to throw the upper end of said lever back toward the wheel 3' At the same time the pin at the upper end of the lever S, engaging the end of the slot in the rod 15 next to the-wheel 3' withdraws the incline or wedgeat the lower end of the lever T from engagement with the disk m, thereby allowing the spring n of the compound lever N, which normally occupies the position shown in Fig. 8, to carry the circuit-breaker M into engagement with the contact 0, thus closing the circuit of magnet G at that point; but before or as soon as the circuit is thus closed by the circuit-breaker M the circuit of magnet O is broken by the armature-lever B, which as soon as 'the magnet A is energized operates through the rod H to force the contact 9 out of engagement with the contact 2'. In making two complete vibrations, as above stated, the armature-lever B, operating through the pawl B, turns the type-wheel E two intervals, thus bringing the figure 2 thereon directly opposite the platen q in position for printing. The interval between these vibrations is so short that the contact g, checked in its return movement by the piston h on the rod H, cannot engage the contact 2' and close the circuit at that point for magnet 0 until the type-wheel is turned into position for printing the desired figure and the armature-lever B comes to rest. When this occurs in the interval between the two groups of figures on the break-wheel, the contact g is gradually returned by the spring 9' into engagement with the contact 'i, thereby closing the circuit at thatpoint for magnet O, which is thereupon energized, the circuitbreaker M having been closed, as above explained. The circuit of said magnet 0 may be traced as follows: Beginning with the battery 9 the current passes through the binding-post 2), post I, contacts i and g, lever G, base-plate U, (indicated by the line 2 in Fig. 8,) circuit-breaker M, contact 0, insulated post 0, coil of magnet O, binding-post '0 and thence back through the external connection to the opposite pole of said battery 9. The magnet 0, being thus energized, first operates through its armature-lever D, pawl D, and ratchet-wheelj to turn the paper-feeding wheelj an interval, and immediately following said operation it acts through the rod 10 to turn the shaft P, with its arms 1) and p outward or away from the type-wheel. As the roller p occupying its lower position in the oblique slots of the arm 19, is forced over er /386i the shoulder at the outer end of the recess q it suddenly throws the platen g at the opposite end of the lever Q upward against the paper, forcing the latter against the opposing type or character (in the present case the figure 2 on the type-wheel, thereby producing an impression of the character upon the paper. As soon as said roller passes over said shoulder the platen (1 immediately drops into its initial position, the opposite and shorter arm of the lever Q lifting the roller 19*, the journals of which are now free to pass into the upper ends of their oblique bearings, as shown in Figs. 5'and 8. Immediately after the impression is made and the platen q allowed to fall, as above explained, the upper looped end of the arm 13 passesout of the depression 1' upon the raised outer end of the lever B, thereby lifting the tooth r at the opposite end of said lever out of engagement with the ratchet-wheel f, and thereupon the spring Z, acting through the segment-gear L and pinion Z, turns the type-wheel E back to its initial or zero position. The type-wheel is stopped in its initial position by the pin or projection f on said ratchet-wheel engaging with the tooth 1-, as shown in Fig. 5. The movement of the shaft P, above mentioned, throws the inner end of the screw 8 upward out of engagement with the incline near the lower end of the lever S, thereby allowing the spring 8 to carry the pin near the upper end of said lever into engagement with the worm j. The attraction of the armature-1ever D by the magnet O shifts the position of the compound lever N and of the circuitbreaker M, momentarily breaking the circuit through the contact 0. The spring D thereupon retracts said armature lever, which reverses the compound lever and circuitbreaker, closing the circuit through the contact o. The magnet C is again momentarily energized, and the operations above explained are repeated and the paper fed forward until the circuit through said magnet O is again broken by the separation of the contacts g and 7}, which occurs in the manner hereinbefore explained, when the first of the next group of teeth'on the break-wheel 6 breaks the main circuit 3, temporarily closing the 10- cal circuit 8 and energizing the magnet A. The type-wheel E is set by the operation of magnet A and its connections to print the figure 3, and the impression of that figure is made upon the paper by the operation of the magnet O in the manner above explained. After the last figure or character .is printed and the break-wheel which has transmitted the signal comes to rest the armature-lever D continues to vibrate, as above explained, feeding the paper forward out of the machine, so that the printed record of the signal may be conveniently examined outside of the case or cover, which in. practice is employed to inclose the machine, but is not shown in the drawings. The worm j being thus turned in engagement with the pin on the lever S car- IIO ' D ceases to vibrate and is held by the spring D in engagement withits back-stop (2 as shown'in Fig. i. In this position of the armature-lever the'compound lever N is held in the position shown in'Figs.4 and 8, so that when the circuit-breaker M is released by the lever T it will be thrown by the springn into engagement with the contact 0, as hereinbefore explained. i

By varying the length of the slot in the arm tthe length of paper which is fed out ofthe instrument after printing a complete number or series of characters may be varied as de sired. In practice the machine is made and adjusted to turn out about eighteen inches of paper after each record is made.

WVhen the instrument is used in connection with a short main line supplied with sufliciently strong'current, it may be connected directly with the main line, thereby dispensing with the local battery and relay, and by a slight change in the mechanism the instrument may be adapted to work on a normally open as well as on a normally closed circuit.

I do not wish to be understood as limiting my invention to the precise details of construction and arrangement herein shown and described, as they may be variously modified within the spirit and intended scope of the invention.

I claim 1 1. In a printing-telegraph the combination with a break-wheel, ot' a receiving instrument comprising a type-wheel, a sett ing-magnet adapted when energized to turn said typewheel an interval which corresponds wit-h the spaces between the type or characters of said type-wheel, andincluded in an electric circuit controlled by said break-wheel, and a printing-magnet adapted when energized to produce an impression and to feed the paper on which the impression is made, said magnet being included in a circuit which is controlled by said setting-magnet, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

2."In a printing-telegraph the combination with a break wheel, of'a receiving instrument comprising a setting-magnet included in a circuit which is controlled by said breakwheel, a type-wheel adapted to be turned by said magnet intervals corresponding with the spaces between the types or characters, a printing-magnet included in a circuit which is controlled by the settin g-magne t, said print.

ing-magnet being adapted to impress the paper against the type-wheel when it has been turned into position by the setting-magnet for printing the desired characters, and to feed the paper forward for thenext impression,and automatic means for turning the type-wheel back to the starting-point after eachimpression, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a printing-telegraph the combination with a number of break-wheels or call-boxes each adapted to produce a distinguishing series of breaks or impulses in an electric circuit, of a receiving instrument comprising a setting-magnet included in a circuit which is controlled by said break-wheels'or call-boxes, a type-wheel adapted to be turned by said magnet intervals corresponding with the spaces between the characters,a printing-magnet included in a circuit which is controlled,

by the setting-magnet, and adapted to produce impressions of the type on the paperwhen the type-wheel has been turned into the proper positions therefor by the setting-magnet and to feed the paper forward a shortdistance between each impression, and a longer distance after the record of the complete signal is printed, and automatic means for turning the type-wheel back to its initial position after each impression, substantially as and for the purposes set'forth.

- 4. In a printing-telegraph the combination of a type-wheel, an armature-lever having a pawl-and-ratchet connection for turning said wheel intervals corresponding with the spaces between the characters on said wheel, a setting-magnet arranged to actuate said lever, a printing-magnet adapted to press the paper against said wheel and to feed the paper forward an interval after each impression,'a circuit-breaker in the circuit of the printingmagnet adapted to be opened by said arma ture-lever,,andv a retarding device adapted to prevent the closing of said circuit-breaker between successive vibrations of said lever in turning the type-wheel into position to print any given character, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In a printing-telegraph the combination of a type-wheel,- an armature lever adapted to turn said wheelby successive impulses into position for printing certain characters, a printing-magnet adapted to produce the impression after the type-wheel is turned into position for printing any character and to feed the paper forward an interval after each impression, acircuit-breaker controlling the supply of'current to the printing-magnet and comprising two contacts one of which is adapted to be moved out of engagement with the other by the operation of'said armaturelever, and a check cylinder and piston adapted to prevent the engagement of'said contacts while the type-wheel is being turned into position for printing any given character, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 7

6. In a printing-telegraph the combination with a type-wheel, means for automatically turning it into position for printing any desired character thereon, and means for turning said wheel back to its initial position after each impression is made, of a paper-feeding wheel, an armature-lever having apawl-andratchet connection for turning said feedingwheel, a magnet arranged to actuate said lever, and a circuit-breaker adapted to open the circuit through .said magnet while the typewheel is being turned into position for printing a characterand to close'said circuit when said wheel comes to rest, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. Y

7. In a printing-telegraph the combination with a type-wheel and means for setting the same in position for printing the several characters thereon, of an impression-lever provided with a platen for pressing the paper against said wheel, a rock-shaft provided with an arm, a roller having obliquely-elongated hearings in said arm and adapted in passing over a shoulder between a depressed and raised portion of said lever to momentarily press the platen against the type-wheel,a magnet for operating said rock-shaft, and means for closing the circuit through said magnet after the type-wheel has been set to'print a character, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. In a printing-telegraph the combination with a type-wheel and a magnet adapted to set the same for printing any of the characters thereon, of a ratchet-wheel fixed on the type-wheel shaft,means for turning said typewheel when'released backward to its initial position, a detent-lever adapted by engagement with said ratchet-wheel to hold the typewheel against backward rotation in position for printing any of said characters, a projection adapted by engagement with said lever to stop said type-wheel in its initial position, and a magnet arranged to disengage said detent-lever from said ratchet-wheel after each impression, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

9. In a printing-telegraph the combination with a type-Wheel and a magnet for turning said wheel step by step into position for printing any of the characters thereon, of a gear engaging a pinion on the type-wheel shaft, means tending to turn said gear in the direction to return said type-wheel to its initial position,a ratchet-wheel and a detent adapted to hold said type-wheel against backward rotation in position for printing any character,

means for disengaging said detent from said ratchet-Wheel after each impression is made, and a home stop for arresting said type-wheel when turned backward inits initial position,

substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

10. In a printing-telegraph the combination of a rotary type-wheel, a magnet adapted to turn said type-wheel into'position for printing any character thereon, a magnet adapted to produce the impression after the type-' wheel isset,a rock-shaft arranged to be turned .in one direction by the setting-magnet and in the other direction by the printing-magnet, a detent-lever and ratchet-Wheel adapted to hold the type-wheel against backward rotation in position to print any character thereon, an arm on said rock-shaft arranged to disengage'said lever and ratchet-wheel and to release the type-wheel when the rock-shaft is turned by the printing-magnet and to cause said detent to engage the ratchet-wheel when the rock-shaft is turned by the other magnet, and means for turning the typewheel backward and stopping it in its initial position after each impression, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

11. Inaprinting-telegraphthecombination with a type-wheeland two magnet-s arranged to turn said wheel into position for printing and to produce the impression of the characters, of a rock-shaft arranged to be turned in one direction by one of said magnets and in the other directionby the other magnet, a lever provided with a platen opposite said wheel and on the opposite side of its fulcrum with depressed and raised portions forming a shoulder between them, an arm on said rook-shaft and a roller havingoblique slotted hearings in said arm and resting upon said lever in position to pass over said shoulder when said rock-shaft is turned by either of said magnets, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. a

12. In a printing-telegraph the combinatioii with a type-wheel and two magnets, one of which is arranged to turn said wheel into position for printing, and the other to produce the impression of the characters, of a rockshaft arranged to be turned in one direction by one of said magnets and in the other direction, by the other'magnet, and provided with two arms, an impression-lever provided on one side of its fulcrum with a platen opposite the type-wheel and on the other side of its fulcrum with'a depression in the upper side, a roller having oblique slottedbearings in one of said arms and carried by said arm in engagement with said lever, anda detentlever and ratchet-wheel adapted to hold the type-wheel against backward rotation in position for printing any of the characters thereon, said lever being engaged on the opposite side of its fulcrum from the ratchetwheel by the other arm on said rock-shat t, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

13. In a printing-telegraph thecombination with a type-wheel,.means for turning the same into position for printing the several characters thereon and means for producing impressions of the characters, a paper-feeding wheel the shaft of which is provided with a worm and with a ratchet-wheel, an armature-lever having a pawl adapted to turn said ratchetwheel, a magnet for actuating said lever, a circuit-breaker operated by said armature-le ver to alternately open and Y close the circuit of said magnet, a lever adapted to be moved a lever connected with the worm-actuated lever and adapted at the limit of its movement in one direction to prevent the closing of said circuit-breaker, and means for automatically returning the worm-actuated lever to its'initial position, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

14. In a printing-telegraph the combination with the printing mechanism, of a magnet, an armature-lever, a paper-feeding wheel having a pawl-and-ratchet actuating connection with said lever, a circuit-breaker in circuit with said magnet, a compound lever having an actuating connection with said armature-lever, a spring connecting the members of said compound lever which is adapted to move said circuit-breaker back and forth and to alternately open and close the circuit, and automatic means for preventing the closing of said circuit-breaker when the paper has been fed forward the desired distance, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

15. In a printing-telegraph the combination with printing mechanism, of a paper-feeding wheel, an armature-lever having an actuating connection with said wheel, a magnet for operating said lever, a circuit-breaker adapted to alternately open and. close the circuit through said magnet and having an actuating connection with said lever, a worm connected with the paper-feeding wheel and a stop adapted to be actuated by said worm and to prevent the closing of said circuit-breaker, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

1 6. In a printing-telegraph the combination with printing mechanism, of two magnets, a paper-feeding wheel adapted to be turned bythe second magnet, and two circuit-breakers controlling the circuit of the second magnet, one operated by the first magnet and the other by the second magnet, the first circuit-breaker being arranged to hold the circuit open while the printing mechanism is being set for printing, and the second circuit-breaker being adapted when the first circuit-breaker is closed to alternately open and close the circuit, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

17. In a printing-telegraph the combination with printing mechanism, of two magnets, a paper-feeding device operated by the second magnet, two circuit-breakers controlling the circuit of the second magnet, one operated by the first magnet and the other by the second magnet, the first circuit-breaker being adapted to hold the circuit open while the printing mechanism is being set to print a given character, and the second circuit-breaker being adapted, when the first circuit breaker is closed, to alternately open and close the circuit, stop mechanism operated by the second magnet to prevent the closing of the second circuit-breaker at the proper time, and releasing mechanism operated by the first magnet to close said second circuit-breaker, sub= stantially as and for the purposes set forth.

18. In a printing-telegraph the combination with printing mechanism, of two magnets, pa-

per-feeding mechanism operated by the second magnet, two circuit-breakers controlling the circuitof the second magnet, one operated by the first magnet and the other by the second magnet, the first circuit-breaker be-. ing adapted to hold the circuit open while the printing mechanism is being set to print a given character, and the second circuit breaker being adapted to alternately open and close the circuit when the first circuitbreaker is closed, a rock-shaft adapted to be lever and adapted to prevent the closing of the second circuit-breaker at the proper time, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

19. In aprinting-telegraph the combination of a type-wheel, a magnet for setting said type-wheel for printing any of the several characters thereon, an impression-lever for producing the impression of the characters, a detent-lever for holding the type-wheel against backward rotation in position for printing any character, and for stopping it in its return movement at the starting-point, means tending to return said wheel to its initial position, a second magnet, two circuitbreakers controlling the circuit of said second-magnet, one operated by the first magnet and the other by the second magnet, a paper-feeding wheel actuated by the second magnet, a worm connected with said feedingwheel, a lever movable transversely to and lengthwise of said Worm, means tending to yieldingly hold said lever in engagement with said worm and to carry it toward one end thereof, a stop lever connected with said worm actuated lever and adapted at the proper time to prevent the closing of the second circuit-breaker, and a rock-shaft adapted to be turned in one direction by one magnet and in the other direction by the other magnet aud provided with arms arranged to engage with and actuate at the proper times said impression, detent and worm levers, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

20. In a printing-telegraph the combination with a main circuit including a source of current, one or more break-wheels or signal-transmitting instruments and a relay-magnet, and a local circuit including a source of current and contacts of said relay, of a receiving instrument comprising printing mechanism, two magnets, one adapted to set the printing mechanism and the other to make the impressions and to feed the paper, the first mag net being included in the local circuit in se ries with the source of current and relay-contacts, and the second magnet being in a circuit independent of the relay and including a source of current, and two circuit-breakers controlling the circuit of the second magnet, one circuit-breaker operated by the first mag net and the other circuit-breaker by the second magnet, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

21. In a printing-telegraph, the combination with a type-wheel and a magnet adapted to set the same for printing any of the characters thereon, of a ratchet-wheel fixed on the type-wheel shaft, means for turning said typewheel when released, backward to its initial position, a detent-lever adapted by engagement with said ratchet-wheel to hold the typewheel against backward rotation in position for printing any of said characters, a magnet arranged to disengage said detent-lever from said ratchet-wheel after each impression, and a stop for arresting said type-wheel when turned backward in its initial position, substantially as described.

22. In a printing-telegraph, the combination with a type-Wheel, means for turning the same into position for printing the several characters thereon and means for producing impressionsof the characters, a paper-feeding Wheel, the shaft of which is provided with a ratchet-wheel, an armature-lever having a pawl adapted to turn said ratchet-wheel, a magnet for actuating said lever, a circuitbreaker operated by said armature-lever to alternately open and close the circuit of said magnet, and means operated by said magnet to prevent the closing of said circuit-breaker and to arrest the operation of said armaturelever when the paper has been advanced a predetermined distance by said feeding-wheel, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I hereto affix my sign ature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN ROGGINGER.

\Vitnesses: I

CHAS. L. Goss, E. R. SABIN. 

